Gareth Corfield reports: A social housing provider in Norwich, England, has said it was hit with the Sodinokibi ransomware following what it assumes was a successful phishing attack. Flagship Group revealed last night that its systems were compromised by a “cyberattack” on Sunday, 1 November. Read more on The Register. The attack is not (yet)…
Category: Phishing
KR: Court orders online mall to compensate 2,400 customers for data leak
Depending on how long you have been following this blog, some of you may not remember the Interpark data breach in South Korea in 2016. I had covered it several times, including when it was fined $3.8 million (the largest fine up until that date) for its failure to protect consumer data from from what…
The most common malicious email attachments infecting Windows
Lawrence Abrams reports: To stay safe online, everyone needs to recognize malicious attachments that are commonly used in phishing emails to distribute malware. When distributing malware, threat actors create spam campaigns that pretend to be invoices, invites, payment information, shipping information, eFaxes, voicemails, and more. Included in these emails are malicious Word and Excel attachments,…
Hackers Steal Swiss University Salaries
Fahad Shabbir reports: As yet unidentifed hackers have managed to steal employee salary payments at several Swiss universities, officials said Sunday. “According to our information, several top schools in Switzerland have been affected,” Martina Weiss, director general of the rectors group of Switzerland’s public universities, told AFP. The hackers used information obtained by phishing — tricking a person into passing on their personal…
Houston-area health organization says patients targeted in phishing incident
Amanda Cochran reports: Legacy Community Health announced Tuesday that some of its patients were victims of an email phishing incident. The organization said it had mailed letters to affected patients. In a news release Legacy did not disclose how many people at its 15 Houston-area locations were affected by the phishing incident, Read more on…
Health Insurer Pays $6.85 Million to Settle Data Breach Affecting Over 10.4 Million People
HHS has announced another big settlement and corrective action plan. This one stems from a hack of Premera Blue Cross (PBC) in 2014 that went undetected until March of 2015. DataBreaches.net had covered this incident at the time and the follow-ups that included a class action lawsuit that settled, a settlement with state attorneys general,…